Meadow
A meadow ( ) is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as these areas maintain an open character. Meadows can occur naturally under favourable conditions, but are often artificially created from cleared shrub or woodland for the production of hay, fodder, or livestock. Meadow habitats, as a group, are characterized as "semi-natural grasslands", meaning that they are largely composed of species native to the region, with only limited human intervention.Meadows attract a multitude of wildlife, and support flora and fauna that could not thrive in other habitats. They are ecologically important as they provide areas for animal courtship displays, nesting, food gathering, pollinating insects, and sometimes sheltering, if the vegetation is high enough. Intensified agricultural practices (too frequent mowing, use of mineral fertilizers, manure and insecticides), may lead to declines in the abundance of organisms and species diversity. There are multiple types of meadows, including agricultural, transitional, and perpetual – each playing a unique and important part of the ecosystem.
Like other biomes, meadows will experience increased pressure (including on their biodiversity) due to climate change, especially as precipitation and weather conditions change. However, grasslands and meadows also have an important climate change mitigation potential as carbon sinks; deep-rooted grasses store a substantial amount of carbon in soil. Provided by Wikipedia
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Differentiating mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy clinically: the why, how, and what of evidence-based practice by Sarah E. B. Francis, Frances Shawyer, Bruno A. Cayoun, Andrea Grabovac, Graham Meadows, Graham Meadows, Graham Meadows, Graham Meadows, Graham Meadows
Published 2024-02-01
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Equitable psychiatry, telehealth, and the COVID-19 pandemic: Analysis of national data by Thomas Yeatman, Thomas Yeatman, Joanne Enticott, Joanne Enticott, Vinay Lakra, Vinay Lakra, Graham Meadows, Graham Meadows, Graham Meadows, Graham Meadows, Graham Meadows
Published 2023-03-01
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Culture Teaching in Historical Review: On the Occasion of ASOCOPI’s Fiftieth Anniversary by Bryan Meadows
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Two 'Double' Dedications at Ephesus and the Beginning of Ptolemaic Control of Ionia by Andrew Meadows
Published 2013-05-01
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Scientists Try to Curb Livestock Emissions by Robin Meadows
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The double-axe mint: The coinage of Tenedos in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC by Meadows, A
Published 2021Other Authors: “…Meadows, A…”
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'Tout ce qui brille'... electrum and the origins of Western coinage by Meadows, A
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Invasion and transformation: The development of the civic Alexander coinage in western Asia minor, C. 323 to 223 BC by Meadows, A
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The penetration of the denarius and quinarius standards into Asia Minor in the 1st century BC by Meadows, A
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Between Greece and Rome: Coinage in the Imperium of Mark Antony by Meadows, A
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The Great Transformation. Civic Coin Design in the Second Century BC by Meadows, A
Published 2018Book section